Unit 3. A trip to the countryside A. Vocabulary. I.Choose A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences: 1. They often go to that ……… to pray. A. market B. hotel C. hostel D. shrine 2. We have some……… students for the program. A. exchange B. exchanged C. to exchange D. exchanging 3. Are you a stamp ……………….? A. collecting B. collector C. collect D. collection 4. Cattle and sheep are grazing in the ………… A. bridges B. rivers C. fields D. meadows 5. Going to the countryside is a very ………… journey. A. interesting B. interested C. interest D. interests 6. The weather is nice. Shall we ………. mountains this morning? A. go B. travel C. come D. climb 7. My village lies near the…. of the mountain and by the river. A. foot B. leg C. feet D. legs 8. He is considered one of the greatest ……. of the country. A. heroes B. heroin C. heroines D. heroic 9. What do you think about his ……… of coins? A. collect B. collector C. collection D. collective 10. There is a small bamboo …… at the entrance to the village. A. forest B. forestation C. forest ranger D. forestry II. Choose the correct preposition to complete each sentence: 1. We will go ……… a picnic next week. A. in B. at C. on D. to 2. My village is about 100 kilometers ………… the south of HCMC. A. in B. at C. to D. for 3. There is a shrine…… the top of the mountain near my uncle’s house. A. on B. in C. at D. to 4. We often go for a walk …… the weekends. A. in B. at C. on D. to 5. They will come here…………. 11.30 AM. A. in B. at C. on D. to 6. She took many pictures to show the trip ……. her parents. A. of B. for C. to D. with 7. There is a meeting ………. 9 AM and 2 PM A. on B. between C. till D. at 8. He was born …………. 15 th , January. A. in B. of C. at D. on 9. We have lived in Hanoi…………. 4 years. A. in B. since C. for D. at 10. She has come here …… yesterday. A. in B. since C. for D. on B. Grammar and structure. I. Choose A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences: 1. I wish you ……… us someday. A. visit B. will visit C. visited D. would visit 2. He used to …… full time, but now he is a part time worker. A. Work B. working C. worked D. word 3. Let’s ……… somewhere for a drink! A. go B. do C. going D. doing 4. I wish you …………me with my work. A. help B. will help C. helped D. would help 5. The stamp collection made him ……famous in the country. A. be B. to be C. been D. being 6. They ……… in that house for several months. A. live B. lived C. have lived D. are living 7. It rains heavily,……… I can’t go to the movie with you. A. and B. but C. because D. so 8. My father …. teaching in a small village 10 years ago. A. start B. started C. has started D. is starting 9. Minh wishes he ………… a new bike. A. would have B. has C. had D. will have 10. I wish you …………. it again. A. don’t do B. won’t do C. didn’t do D. wouldn’t do C. Read I. Fill in the blanks with proper words, then answer the following questions: asleep – stations – through – looking – journey – while – trouble – of – relax – although (1) …………. I have a car, I prefer to travel by train, especially if I have to make a long (2) ……… . As the train travels at speed (3) ………… the countryside, I can (4) ………., drink a cup of coffee, read a book or just gaze out (5) ……… the window. Sometimes, the movement of the train makes me fall (6) ………… , something you couldn’t do (7) ………… driving a car. The (8) ………. Is that I hate waiting on cold (9)………… and get angry when I have to waste time (10) ………… for a taxi or a bus at the beginning or the end of my journey. • Questions 1. What can the writer do when sitting on the train? ………………………………………………………… 2. Does the writer like traveling by train? ………………………………………………………… 3. What makes the writer fall asleep? ………………………………………………………… 4. What’s the trouble when traveling by train? ………………………………………………………… 5. Which transportation do you like best? Why? ………………………………………………………… II. Choose A, B, C or D to complete the following passage: My village is about 50 kilometers (1) …………. the city center. It is a very beautiful and (2) ………. Place where people (3) ……… flowers and vegetables only. It’s very famous for its pretty roses and picturesque (4) ………. . The air is quite (5) …… ; however, the smell of the roses makes people (6) ……… cool. In spring, my village looks like a carpet with plenty of (7) ………. . Tourists come to visit it so often. Nowadays, with electricity, it doesn’t take the (8) ……… much time to water the roses. And even at night, people can (9) ………. Along the path and enjoy the fresh smell (10) ……… the flowers. 1. A. on B. for C. from D. since 2. A. peace B. peaceful C. peacefully D. quite 3. A. grow B. buy C. grew D. bought 4. A. scenery B. sneces C. sceens D. scenes 5. A cool B. fresh C. clear D. clean 6. A. felt B. to feel C. feel D. feeling 7. A. colors B. colorful C. spots D. styles 8. A. villages B. towns C. villagers D. city-dwellers Bồi dưỡng nâng cao theo từng Unit letanphong - 1 - 9. A. waked B. walked C. walk D. walking 10. A. on B. of C. in D. at III. Fill in each blank space with the most suitable word from the box. Make any changes in the form if necessary: At 6.30 in the morning, the bus (1) ……… Ba and his family from their home. After (2) ……… . up everyone, the bus continued North on the highway number 1. It (3) ……… the Dragon bridge and (4) ……… at the gas station to get some more fuel. Then, it left the highway and turn left onto a small road westward. This road (5) ………. Between green paddy fields, so the people on the bus could see a lot of cows and buffaloes. The road ended before a big store beside a pond. Instead of (6) ………… left towards a small airport, the bus went in the opposite direction. It didn’t stay on that road for very long, but turned left onto a road which went across a small bamboo forest. Finally, the bus (7) ……… everyone at the parking lot ten meters from a big old Banyan tree. It would park there and (8) ………… for people to come back in the evening. IV. Read this paragraph carefully, then answer the followng questions: Last Sunday, Nam went on excursion to Oxford. He got up early and took a bus, so he arrived there on time. In the morning, he visited the National Gallery, Big Ben and the Hyde Park. In the afternoon, he bought a dictionary and a small disc with the words “Oxford University”. He met some English students in the bookshop. He was happy to practice speaking English with many foreigners. Although he felt a bit tired, he had a nice day. • Questions 1. Where did Nam go last Sunday?- >……………………………………………………………… 2. How did he go there?- >……………………………………………… ……………. 3. What did he visit?- >………………………………………………….…………… 4. Where did he meet some English students?- >……………………………………………………………… 5. What did he do with some foreigners?- >…………………………………………………….………… 6. Was he tired after the trip?- >………………………………………………………………. E. Write I. Make sentences from the words and phrases provided: 1. I / live / 12 Long Dien village / Dong Hai town. ->……………………………………………………………… 2. It / be far / town / so / life / quiet / peaceful. ->……………………………………………………………… 3. Every day / get up early / about 5.30. ->……………………………………………………………… 4. I / clean / teeth / wash / face / have / quick breakfast / walk to school. ->……………………………………………………………… 5. It / take / half an hour / get there.- >…………………………………………… 6. I / usually / have / lessons / morning / so / often / home late / 11.45. ->……………………………………………………………… 7. I / study hard / school / because / not have / time / study / home. ->……………………………………………………………… 8. I / help / parents / work / farm / afternoon. ->……………………………………………………………… 9. Every Summer vacation / parents / often let me / visit / grandfather / Nha Trang. >………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………… … 10. It / be / great time / because / I spend / all / time / there / go swimming. >………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………. 11. Although / life / countryside / still hard / I / love / very much. >………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………. I. Make sentences from the words and phrases provided: 12. That / be / motherland.- >……………………………………… II. Make sentences from the words and phrases provided: 1. Last weekend/ We / go / picnic / my friends. ………………………………………………………………… 2. We / take / bus / Bac Lieu longan orchard / two hours. ………………………………………………………………… 3. bus / ran / through / Bac Lieu town. ………………………………………………………………… 4. Bac Lieu town / change / into Bac Lieu City. ………………………………………………………………… 5. When we / get / longan orchard/ it nearly 9.30 ………………………………………………………………… 6. We / put down / blankets / lay out / food. ………………………………………………………………… 7. After meal / sing / songs / together and vivit / places . ………………………………………………………………… 8. We / enjoy / picnic . ………………………………………………………………… 9. 3.00 pm/ gather / things / and run / bus stop. ………………………………………………………………… 10.We / lucky catch / last / and we / arrive / home very late / evening. ………………………………………………………………… Bồi dưỡng nâng cao theo từng Unit letanphong - 2 - run – pick – wait – stop – turn – drop – cross – collect ………………………………………………………………… Bồi dưỡng nâng cao theo từng Unit letanphong - 3 -